Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 7,267 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Warrick Dunn
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Warrick De’Mon Dunn (1975- )
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George Patrick Alphonse Forde (1882-1967)
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Helene Gayle (1955- )
Haile Selassie
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(1963) Haile Selassie, “Towards African Unity”

Explore Global African History

Engraving of Jacobus Capitein
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Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (ca. 1717-1747)
Government Troops in the Congo Civil War
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Congo Civil War (1960-1964)
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Third Congo Civil War (1998-2003)
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University of the Virgin Islands (1962- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
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Patient Zero: Thomas Eric Duncan and the Ebola Crisis in West Africa and the United States
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Remembering Brown: Silence, Loss, Rage, and Hope, 1954
UNIT 342A: L-R, Alberta Hunter, Alfred Elkins, Ollie Crawford, Leonard Caston, Mae Gaddy & Joe Taps Miller
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Alberta Hunter and the Rhythm Rascals in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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Click on the book cover above to register for the Rumors from Shanghai virtual book launch on April 10. All proceeds from the event go to BlackPast.org.

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